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<blockquote data-quote="LazarusLong42" data-source="post: 980683" data-attributes="member: 9620">Hrm.&nbsp; OK, I'll bite.&nbsp; I try not to rant about other people's grammar on message boards (and let's face it, it's almost unfair to critique spelling when many of the problems are typos, transpositions, and the like) but there are so many different grammar errors that get my panties in a wad (um.. figuratively).&nbsp; Let's begin:(1)&nbsp; &quot;Im&quot; is not a word.&nbsp; &quot;ur&quot; is not two words.&nbsp; &quot;plz&quot; is not a word.&nbsp; If you're going to use an acronym to convey a thought, use and capitalize the acronym, but SMS-speak has no place outside text messages and instant messengers... and even then its use annoys me.(2)&nbsp; Apostrophes.&nbsp; Talk to Bob the Angry Flower.&nbsp; Enough said.(3)&nbsp; &quot;Exetera.&quot;&nbsp; Found only in speech, it comes from laziness, and people not realizing that et cetera is two words... or not even knowing that etc. is an abbreviation.(4)&nbsp; &quot;The reason is because...&quot;&nbsp; No.&nbsp; The reason is not because anything.(5)&nbsp; Start sentences with a capital letter, and capitalize the first-person singular pronoun.&nbsp; I do not care if you're trying to type faster; it takes exactly zero extra time to hit the shift key.(6)&nbsp; Who vs. whom; affect vs. effect; their vs. they're vs. there; and a whole slew of others.&nbsp; See Strunk and White.(7)&nbsp; The suffix -ency.&nbsp; There are many words which take this ending (clemency, agency) and many which do not (lenience, convenience, difference).&nbsp; Yet I hear &quot;leniency&quot; and several other misplaced -y words all the time.(N.B.:&nbsp; Some words have a form using both, with different meanings; the -ency form is often the more concrete noun.&nbsp; Thus &quot;dependence&quot; is a state of being in which someone depends on someone/something; &quot;dependency&quot; is a cross-link between two tables in a database.)Gah.&nbsp; OK, enough steam let off for now.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LazarusLong42, post: 980683, member: 9620"] Hrm. OK, I'll bite. I try not to rant about other people's grammar on message boards (and let's face it, it's almost unfair to critique spelling when many of the problems are typos, transpositions, and the like) but there are so many different grammar errors that get my panties in a wad (um.. figuratively). Let's begin: (1) "Im" is not a word. "ur" is not two words. "plz" is not a word. If you're going to use an acronym to convey a thought, use and capitalize the acronym, but SMS-speak has no place outside text messages and instant messengers... and even then its use annoys me. (2) Apostrophes. Talk to Bob the Angry Flower. Enough said. (3) "Exetera." Found only in speech, it comes from laziness, and people not realizing that [i]et cetera[/i] is two words... or not even knowing that [i]etc.[/i] is an abbreviation. (4) "The reason is because..." No. The reason is not because anything. (5) Start sentences with a capital letter, and capitalize the first-person singular pronoun. I do not care if you're trying to type faster; it takes exactly [i]zero[/i] extra time to hit the shift key. (6) Who vs. whom; affect vs. effect; their vs. they're vs. there; and a whole slew of others. See Strunk and White. (7) The suffix -ency. There are many words which take this ending (clemency, agency) and many which do not (lenience, convenience, difference). Yet I hear "leniency" and several other misplaced -y words all the time. (N.B.: Some words have a form using both, with different meanings; the -ency form is often the more concrete noun. Thus "dependence" is a state of being in which someone depends on someone/something; "dependency" is a cross-link between two tables in a database.) Gah. OK, enough steam let off for now. [/QUOTE]

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